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| | Nile Perch, Trade and Environment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | In the 1950s, a proposal to increase fish catches in the lake by introducing the Nile perch was adamantly opposed by scientists who feared that the lack of a natural predator for the fish would result in the imminent destruction of the lake's bountiful ecosystem. |
 | | By 1964 the Nile perch was recorded in Tanzania, by 1970 it was well established in Kenya, and by the early 1980s it was abundant throughout Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, the three countries surrounding Lake Victoria. |
 | | Kenya: Fisheries employment around Lake Victoria was said to be 3,000 in the formal sector and 20,000-30,000 in the formal and informal, collectively.6 Uganda: In the entire country, the fisheries are said to employ 5,000 formally and 20,000-40,000 collectively, in the formal and informal sectors.7 17. |
| www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/perch.htm (1985 words) |
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